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17. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PRIMITIVE STREAK 



HEAD PROCESS AND ANNULAR ZONE IN TARSIUS. 

 WITH COMPARATIVE NOTES ON LORIS 

 1963 



by J. P. Hill f and J. Florian f S. Karger 



edited by W. C. Osman Hill Basel - New York 



Bibliotheca Primatologica, Fasc. 2 Price: DM 32. — 



90 pp., 118 figs, and 1 table 

 (paper-bound) 



Although this is a large paper rather than a monograph, the fact that it has 

 appeared separately as a volume of "Bibliotheca Primatologica" has induced 

 us to annouce it briefly. The paper was found in the files of Professor Hill after 

 his death in 1954. It must have been written at some time between 1933 and 

 1945. The subject covered is indicated sufficiently by the title. The paper is 

 beautifully illustrated with photographs of sections, graphical reconstructions, 

 and diagrams. 



1 8. THE DEVELOMENT OF THE BRAIN 



AND ITS DISTURBANCE BY HARMFUL FACTORS 

 1963 



by B. N. Klosovskii Pergamon Press 



translated from the Russian Oxford-London-New York-Paris 

 and edited by B. Haigh Price: 70 s. 



275 pp., 53 figs., 15 tbs. 



Professor Klosovskii is head of the Department of brain development, 

 Institute of Paediatrics, Academy of Medical Science, Moscow. The book, 

 first published in Russian in 1960, presents the views held, and the original work 

 carried out by him and members of this team. Fourteen authors have contribut- 

 ed to the book. It is of particular significance to paediatricians, obstetricians, 

 and neuropathologists, but may be of interest to others working on normal and 

 abnormal brain development in man and other mammals. 



The book is in two parts. Part I, "The normal development of the brain", 

 opens with a chapter by Klosovskii entitled "Fundamental facts concerning the 

 stages and principles of development of the brain and its response to noxious 

 agents". Three other chapters deal with the development of the vascular system 

 of the brain (vaso-capillary network of the brain, vascular network on the 

 surface of the brain and spinal cord), the cerebro-spinal fluid system, and the 

 development of the vestibular and auditory receptor systems. Part II, entitled 

 "Disturbance of the development of the brain as a result of the action of harm- 

 ful factors", contains five chapters dealing with the influences on the develop- 

 ing brain of such factors as asphyxia, the maternal endocrine system, chemical 

 and physical factors, and prematurity and birth trauma. The sixth and final 

 chapter discusses the compensatory and regenerative properties of the brain. 



The illustrations consist mainly of photomicrographs. There is a bibliography 

 of 25 pages and a short alphabetical index. 



